Brown and Wliite Bread and Butter. Bread and Milk. Luncheon. Scalloped Oysters. B<5cliaulf^ of Bice Mould. Dinner. Game Soup. Beef Steak k l’ltalienne Potatoes. Brown Bread and Butter Pudding. Cheese. Marketing. For the Day. —A tin of Pi'eserved Oysters ; a slice of tender Steak two inches thick, and weighing about three pounds (January 10th) ; Potatoes ; Normandy Pippins. For To-morrow. — A small tin of Corned Beef ; a penny-worth of small Salad. Order a well-hung Shoulder of Mutton, to be sent to-morrow morning. Choose one that has not an undue proportion of fat. Muffins (January 29th). Bbeakfast. — Devilled Drum-sticks (January 14th); Pickled Pork (Note 2, April 25tli); Teacakes (February 14th); Bread and Milk (January 25th). Luncheon. — Scalloped Oysters . • — Open the tin, take out the oysters, put them on a dish in the oven, and let them get hot through. Strain the oyster liquor ; melt one ounce of butter in a small stew- pan, mix with it an ounce of flour, and work it to a smooth paste with the back of a wooden spoon. Add the oyster . liquor and ’ an equal measure of milk ; stir the sauce till it boils and thickens. Season it with salt and cayenne✪ Scalloped Oysters, strain it over the oysters, and serve immediately. Send pepper and vinegar and a little brown bread and butter to table with this dish. Rechauffe of Rice Moidd. — Beat up the rice with half a gill of milk, and add one beaten egg (or two eggs if a considerable portion of the rice were left), a spoonful of washed currants, and a little grated nutmeg✪ Rechauffe of Rice Mould. Press the rice into a mould, lay a buttered paper on the top, and steam it for an hour and a half (Treacle Pudding, March 28th). Serve with sweet sauce (July ] 9th). Dinneb. — Game Soup, made of the bones and trimmings of the prairie birds (February 16th); Beef Steak a ITtalienne (February 2nd) ; Potatoes, Steamed (May 6th); Brown Bread and Butter Pud¬ ding (July 20th) ; Cheese (June 8tli). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Turn and rub the beef in the brine. 2. Put half a pound of Normandy pippins to soak in cold water. 3. Carefully preserve any scraps of beef that may be left ; shep¬ herd’s pie can be made of them for luncheon to-morrow (January 12th). 4. Wash a breakfast-cupful of haricot beans, and put them to soak in cold water. Throw away any that float. 1G8 A YEAR'S COOKERY. April 28th. Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Savoury Eggs. Shepherd’s Pie. Haricot Puree. Corned Beef. Normandy Pippins, with Roast Shoulder of Mutton. Muffins. Cold Milk. Browned Potatoes. Dry Toast. Seakale. Small Salad. Pancakes. Brown and White Bread Cheese. and Butter. Corn Flour Milk. Marketing. For tile Bay.— Potatoes and Sea-kale. For To-morrow.— A tin of Mock-Turtle Soup ; Watercress ; Anchovies ; Goose¬ berries. Breakfast. — Savoury Eggs (January 1st) ; Corned Beef, bought April 27th ; Muffins (January 30th) ; Corn Flour Milk (June 19th). Luncheon. — Shepherd’s Pie (January 12th). Normandy Pippins (August 16th). Dinner. — Haricot Pur6e (March 9th) ; Ptoast Shoulder of Mutton (March 4th and December 16th) ; Browned Potatoes (October 18tli); Seakale (June 14th); Pancakes (February 24th); Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Turn and rub the beef in the brine. 2. As soon as the mutton leaves the table put it upon a clean dish.

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Brown and White Bread and Butter. Bread and Milk. Luncheon. Scalloped Oysters. Rechauffe of Rice Mould. Dinner. Game Soup. Beef Steak k l’ltalienne Potatoes. Brown Bread and Butter Pudding. Cheese. Marketing. For the Day. —A tin of Pi'eserved Oysters ; a slice of tender Steak two inches thick, and weighing about three pounds (January 10th) ; Potatoes ; Normandy Pippins. For To-morrow. — A small tin of Corned Beef ; a penny-worth of small Salad. Order a well-hung Shoulder of Mutton, to be sent to-morrow morning. Choose one that has not an undue proportion of fat. Muffins (January 29th). Breakfast. — Devilled Drum-sticks (January 14th); Pickled Pork (Note 2, April 25tli); Teacakes (February 14th); Bread and Milk (January 25th). Luncheon. — Scalloped Oysters . • — Open the tin, take out the oysters, put them on a dish in the oven, and let them get hot through. Strain the oyster liquor ; melt one ounce of butter in a small stewpan, mix with it an ounce of flour, and work it to a smooth paste with the back of a wooden spoon. Add the oyster . liquor and ’ an equal measure of milk ; stir the sauce till it boils and thickens. Season it with salt and cayenne, strain it over the oysters, and serve immediately. Send pepper and vinegar and a little brown bread and butter to table with this dish. Rechauffe of Rice Moidd. — Beat up the rice with half a gill of milk, and add one beaten egg (or two eggs if a considerable portion of the rice were left), a spoonful of washed currants, and a little grated nutmeg. Press the rice into a mould, lay a buttered paper on the top, and steam it for an hour and a half (Treacle Pudding, March 28th). Serve with sweet sauce (July ] 9th). Dinner. — Game Soup, made of the bones and trimmings of the prairie birds (February 16th); Beef Steak a ITtalienne (February 2nd) ; Potatoes, Steamed (May 6th); Brown Bread and Butter Pudding (July 20th) ; Cheese (June 8tli). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Turn and rub the beef in the brine. 2. Put half a pound of Normandy pippins to soak in cold water. 3. Carefully preserve any scraps of beef that may be left ; shepherd's pie can be made of them for luncheon to-morrow (January 12th). 4. Wash a breakfast-cupful of haricot beans, and put them to soak in cold water. Throw away any that float. 1G8 April 28th. Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Savoury Eggs. Shepherd’s Pie. Haricot Puree. Corned Beef. Normandy Pippins, with Roast Shoulder of Mutton. Muffins. Cold Milk. Browned Potatoes. Dry Toast. Seakale. Small Salad. Pancakes. Brown and White Bread Cheese. and Butter. Corn Flour Milk. Marketing. For the Day.— Potatoes and Sea-kale. For To-morrow.— A tin of Mock-Turtle Soup ; Watercress ; Anchovies ; Goose¬ berries. Breakfast. — Savoury Eggs (January 1st) ; Corned Beef, bought April 27th ; Muffins (January 30th) ; Corn Flour Milk (June 19th). Luncheon. — Shepherd’s Pie (January 12th). Normandy Pippins (August 16th). Dinner. — Haricot Pur6e (March 9th) ; Roast Shoulder of Mutton (March 4th and December 16th) ; Browned Potatoes (October 18tli); Seakale (June 14th); Pancakes (February 24th); Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Turn and rub the beef in the brine. 2. As soon as the mutton leaves the table put it upon a clean dish.

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